Hammer’s German Grammar and Usage

1051 Pages·2017·6.65 MB·English

by  Martin Durrell

Hammer’s German Grammar and Usage
Long trusted as the most comprehensive, up-to-date and user-friendly grammar
available, Hammer’s German Grammar provides you with a complete guide to
German as it is written and spoken today.
In a new layout to enable better referencing, this new edition includes:
concise descriptions of the main grammatical phenomena of German and
their use
examples of grammar taken from contemporary German, helping you to
understand the underlying grammatical principles more quickly
invaluable guidance on pronunciation and the German accent
discussion of new words from English roots, helping you to communicate
in German as Germans do today
clarification on the spelling reform and current spellings of German, thus
increasing your confidence while writing and reading in German.
Praised for its lucid explanations, this new edition distinguishes the most
common forms of usage, both formal and informal. Hammer’s German Grammar
also offers you a combination of reference grammar and manual of current usage
that you will find invaluable, whether a student or a teacher, at intermediate or
advanced level. The companion book to Hammer, Practising German Grammar,
is available to provide varied and accessible exercises.
Martin Durrell is Emeritus Professor of German at the University of Manchester,
UK.
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Hammer’s GERMAN Grammar and
Usage
sixth edition
Martin Durrell
Sixth edition published 2017
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Hammer, A. E. (Alfred Edward). German grammar and usage.
Title: Hammer’s German grammar and usage / Martin Durrell.
Description: Sixth edition. | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016. | Series: Routledge reference
grammars | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016020498| ISBN 9781138853720 (hardback : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781138853713 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781315722634 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: German language--
Grammar. | German language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English. | German language--Usage.
Classification: LCC PF3112 .D77 2016 | DDC 438.2421--dc23
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Contents
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of tables
Abbreviations and points for the user
Preface to the sixth edition
Acknowledgements
The phonetic alphabet
1 Nouns
1.1 Noun gender
1.2 Noun plurals
1.3 The declension of nouns to show case
2 Case
2.1 The nominative case
2.2 The accusative case
2.3 The genitive case
2.4 Genitive case or von?
2.5 The dative case
2.6 Apposition
2.7 Measurement phrases: genitive, von or apposition?
3 Personal pronouns
3.1 The forms of the personal pronouns
3.2 Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns
3.3 Pronouns of address
3.4 Third person pronouns
3.5 The prepositional adverb
3.6 The pronoun es
4 The articles
4.1 The declension of the articles
4.2 The definite article with abstract and similar nouns
4.3 The use of articles in generalizations
4.4 Articles with geographical and other proper names
4.5 The use of articles in time expressions
4.6 Definite article or possessive?
4.7 Other uses of the definite article
4.8 The ‘zero article’
4.9 Article use with phrasal verbs
4.10 Article use with prepositions
5 Other determiners and pronouns
5.1 Demonstratives
5.2 Possessives
5.3 Interrogatives
5.4 Relative pronouns
5.5 Indefinites, quantifiers and other determiners and pronouns
6 Adjectives
6.1 Declension and use of adjectives
6.2 Adjectives used as nouns
6.3 Cases with adjectives
6.4 Adjectives with prepositions
6.5 Comparison of adjectives
7 Adverbs
7.1 Adverbs of place
7.2 Adverbs of direction: hin and her
7.3 Adverbs of time
7.4 Adverbs of manner, viewpoint, attitude and reason
7.5 Adverbs of degree
7.6 Interrogative adverbs
7.7 Comparison of adverbs
8 Numerals
8.1 Cardinal numbers
8.2 Ordinal numbers
8.3 Fractions and decimals
8.4 Other numerical usages
8.5 Times and dates
8.6 Addresses
9 Modal particles
9.1 German modal particles
10 Verbs: conjugation
10.1 Verb conjugation
10.2 The simple tenses, the non-finite forms and the imperative
10.3 The compound tenses
10.4 The werden-passive and the sein-passive
10.5 The subjunctive
10.6 Forms of strong and irregular verbs
11 The infinitive and the participles
11.1 Forms of the infinitive
11.2 The infinitive with zu